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Letters Patent No. 78,987, dated Jzme 16, 1868.

IMPROVED NlIRSING-BOTTLE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: y

Be it known that I, PATRICK J. McELIiOY, of East Cambridge,in the countyof Middlesex, and. State of Mas sachusetts, have invented an ImprovedCombined Breast-Pipe or Pump and NursingBottle; and I do hereby declarethat the following, taken in connection with the drawings whichaccompany and form part of this speci1 iication, is a description of myinvention suicient to enable'those skilled in the art to practise it.

My invention relates to the construction of a breast-pump, withreference to adapting the same for use both as abreast-pump and as anursing-bottle. l

The invention consists, primarily, in making a nursing-bottle of a formto fit upon the breast, and with a nipple-tube itting vinto the -monththereof, (said nipple-tube being made removable,) and with alexible tubeleading from the outlet of the bottle, said tube being of lengthsuiicient to reach from the breast to the mouth,

and having a suitable glass or rigid vmouth-tube, so made as to beadapted to the attachment of thlerubber mouth-tube for use by th-esucking babe. t

New, a breast-pipe has been made witha glass nipple-tube, and aflexiblepipe, to lead from the milkreceiving bottle to the mouth, to draw themilk from the breast, but such nipple-tube is ixed to or forms part ofthe milk-receiving bottle, and is not adapted for use as anursing-bottle, and the common nursing-bottle is simply a bottle with acork, through which extends the rubber nipple-pipe, a glass tube leadingto the bottom of the bottle toprevent inhalation of air from the bottle,but such a bottle is not adapted for use as a breastpipe, andhas never,to my knowledge, been so constructed that it could possibly be used forsuch purpose.

In my invention, by making the milk-receiving bottle in peculiar shape,and with provision for applying a removable breast-nipple tube, and witha eirible mouth-pipe, having provision for application both of the mouthof the mother and the mouth of the babe, I am enabled to make aninstrument equally well adapted for use either as a breast-pipe or pump,or as a nursing-bottle.

The drawing represents a central section of an instrument embodying myinvention.

la denotes the milk-receiving and supplying glass bottle, made oblong inshape, and so that it may rest horizontally'upon a table, as seen in thedrawing, it being large at one'end, and with an inlet, b, at top,nearsad end, the glass being drawn down to a small outlet-tube or neck,e, at the opposite end, this outlet-end being elevated, so that whenthe'bottle is laid down, the milk must How back and away from thisoutlet, even if the,

bottle is otherwise full. Y

The bottle is made somewhat broad, and shallow indepth, so that it maybe easily inserted within the dress and against the breast, and to theinlet b I apply a breast-nipple tube, cZ, having a lange, e, to fitaround the nipple, and a tube to it over thc nipple, and lead the milkinto the bottle, the outer surface of the tube being covered withrubbcr,f, to pack the nipple-tube, or make its connection with thebottle impervious. The'outlet e is contracted near the end thereof,solas `to forrnabulbous neck, by which to attach and hold the end of aflexible pipe, g, and int'o the outer end of this pipe ga glassmouth-piece or tube, 7i, is crow-ded, the outer end of this tubebeingdcsigned for application ofthe lips ofthe mother, or forapplication ofthe articial nipple z'.

The instrument is used as follows l When the milk is to be drawn fromthe breast', the nipple-tube d is pressed tightly into the inlet b, andby means of this nipple the bottle is applied to the breast. Ihemouth-piece z, on'the ilexible pipe-g, is then carried tothe mouth, andby exhaustion of air from the bottle the milk is drawn from the breast.The bottle is then removed from thc breast, and if the bottle is to beconcealed within the dress, the nipple-tube d is removed, and replacedby a suitable stopper. The artificial nipple z' is then applied to thetube h, when, by tipping the bottle so that the milk will be keptup tothe small end of the bottle, the milk may be freelydrnwn from the bottleby the babe, the same as from an ordinary nursing-bottle.

I claim tho milk-receiving and delivering bottle a, ivhen combined witha breast-nipple tube, d, und having an outlet, c, lexible pipe g, mouthand nipple-attachiiig-tube z, and artificial nipple z', all arranged tooperate substantially as described.y

PATRICK J. McELROY.l

Witnesses:

J. B. Cnosny, FRANCIS COULD.

